figures out

present tense third-person singular of figure out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of figures out Those things matter, but great corporate videography starts earlier, in the pre-phase, the exploratory phase, when the production team figures out what the client is really trying to accomplish. Tavares Beverly, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Deborah arrives for her freshman year at her parents' HBCU alma mater and figures out how to escape their shadow while also building her own legacy. Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 Some 1,270 counties lost residents in the year to July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau figures out Thursday. Augusta Saraiva, Bloomberg, 26 Mar. 2026 One of Wood’s favorite bits is his character’s reaction when Grace figures out a way to turn the game to her favor. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 That could come as the economy figures out what to do with all the labor that software has eaten. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026 With this approach, rather than just having police respond to an issue, the department figures out a way to try and resolve it. David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025 And there are equally dangerous, thuggish government figures out there up to no good as well. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for figures out
Verb
  • Bringing more people into fashion week solves only part of the problem.
    Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 for Mac solves the compatibility problem without the recurring bill.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Desperate struggles against the encroaching elements become a brief interlude before the situation unravels into a disaster of a different magnitude.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • These desperate struggles against the encroaching elements are merely a brief interlude before the situation unravels into a disaster of an entirely different magnitude.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Skubal’s arrival answers whatever lingering questions there were about the Dodgers’ quest for a third straight title, as well as ones yet to pop up.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Under the hood, the feature breaks a complex question into simpler ones, fans them out across YouTube’s existing search systems, and organizes the results, jumping straight to the moment in a video that answers the question.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Spread across 339 nodes, the $242,624 paid since December works out at roughly $715 each.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Let’s say this works out, recognizing that a couple of impressive days at training camp are a really long road shy of that sentence being true.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The settlement resolves more than six years of criminal and civil proceedings stemming from the harassment campaign.
    Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Lawmakers also have to decide who investigates complaints, resolves disputes and pays for any new oversight system.
    Nora O'Neill July 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2026

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“Figures out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figures%20out. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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